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On Barrow Lane, in South Wantage, Harwell & Blewbury
What it's like at OX11 0EA: every home that has sold on Barrow Lane since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Barrow Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 10 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Autumn House, Barrow LaneDetached | Nov 1996 | £94,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capel Cottage, Barrow LaneDetached | Apr 2013 | £375,000 | 107 m² | £3,505/m² | 2 |
| Dilkhusa, Barrow LaneDetached | Sept 2012 | £370,000 | 144 m² | £2,569/m² | 1 |
| South View, Barrow LaneDetached | Sept 2025 | £685,000 | – | – | 3 |
| The Gables, Barrow LaneDetached | Sept 2006 | £478,500 | – | – | 2 |
| Willow, Barrow LaneDetached | Apr 2026 | £950,000 | 245 m² | £3,878/m² | 1 |
| Willow Tree Cottage, Barrow LaneDetached | Jul 2026 | £887,500 | 216 m² | £4,109/m² | 3 |
| Winnates, Barrow LaneDetached | Apr 2013 | £290,000 | 81 m² | £3,580/m² | 3 |
| Wren Cottage, Barrow LaneDetached | Dec 2013 | £258,000 | 72 m² | £3,583/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Didcot Parkway, a drive away (3.3 km), with 2.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is High Street, 300 m away, with a bus about every 17 minutes on weekdays (routes X35, X34, BB5, BB4); 7 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Harwell Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 62% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Aureus School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 33.7 · 5.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Didcot Girls' School (4.3 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Asda Stores, 1.2 km away, with Bob's Family Butchers closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Woodlands Medical Centre (2.1 km), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.3 km).
For a haircut, The Cutting Bar is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is John Radcliffe Hospital, 20 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 62% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 30 restaurants and cafés and 13 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The White Hart is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Harwellian the nearest pub (650 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 58 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 313 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 41% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 503 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Caterpillar park, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Harwell Campus Sports Pavilion (2.7 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 61 km away.
8 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Inglenook | II | 30 m |
| Pomander House | II | 40 m |
| the Cottage | II | 50 m |
| Close Cottage | II | 70 m |
| Kings Farmhouse and the Old Brewhouse | II | 70 m |
| Cob Summerhouse Approximately 30 Metres North North East of Bishop'S Manor Farmhouse | II | 80 m |
| Bishop'S Manor Farmhouse | II | 80 m |
| Barn Approximately 40 Metre South West of Bishop'S Manor Farmhouse | II | 90 m |
| Pollards | II | 120 m |
| Walnut Tree Cottage | II | 140 m |
| White Hart Inn | II | 150 m |
| the Potters | II | 150 m |
Nearest 12 shown. Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Didcot and Wantage constituency: Olly Glover MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 6,233 (11.4%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 40%, Conservative 28%, Labour 15%, Reform UK 12%.
35 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near OX11 0EA →
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 48% of adults have a degree.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Barrow Lane in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 7 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 6.9% | 3.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 74.9% | 83.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 9.4% | 5.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.5% | 7.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.8% | 0.5% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 51 min
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